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Clover
My favourite place is the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow. My mind and eyes are refreshed after a visit to the flowers and plants there. No...
Eddie McGuire
Aug 5, 20141 min read
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Wild plants and World War One
The bright red poppy worn around the time of Remembrance Day is one of our most recognisable and poignant symbols in modern Britain. The...
Seona Anderson
Aug 4, 20143 min read
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A blooming good summer
All over Scotland our native plants are having a riotous time this summer. The long spring and summer mean that blooms have been...
Dr Deborah Long
Aug 1, 20142 min read
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Lapland Marsh Orchid
Scotland has many different orchids from the tiny green Bog Orchid to the Impressive Broad-leaved Helleborine. Particularly along the...
Dr Stephen J Bungard
Jul 30, 20141 min read
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Lichens
I too have encountered lichens on the hills of Glen Affric. The photograph above shows Ophioparma ventosa, a lichen that I found there...
Dr David Rycroft (chemist, bryologist, violinist
Jul 23, 20142 min read
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The Juniper Run
Born and brought up in the Shetland Islands, Chris Stout has, over the last few years, become nationally and internationally recognised...
Chris Stout
Jul 13, 20142 min read
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The changeless and the changed
It took me quite a while to find the right plant to take as the starting point for my contribution to the Transplanted project. I needed...
David Fennessy
Jul 4, 20142 min read
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More about the humble daisy
I am currently down in the Lake District and Nara (my 18 month little girl) and I have just spent a very enjoyable afternoon exploring...
Sonia Cromarty
Jul 3, 20142 min read
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Transplanting Heartsease into Music
For this new composition for violin and cello, inspired by James Oswald’s Airs of the Seasons, my chosen flower is Heartsease (Viola...
Hanna Tuulikki
Jun 18, 20142 min read
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Introducing a miniaturist
We first met David Ward when we performed one of his duos for Huntly based chamber music club Music Centeral. The concert repertorie was...
David Ward
May 28, 20141 min read
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James Oswald
Scottish Baroque composer James Oswald may not be a household name today, but in his lifetime he achieved great fame and fortune and rose...
Sonia Cromarty
May 21, 20142 min read
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